| Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence
Summaries are contained in F.S. Regs., Vol. 1.
and the Staff Manual respectively Title pages
will be prepared in manuscript. |
WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
| Unit: HQ 153 Inf Bde | ||
| Month and Year: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig J.R. Sinclair, DSO |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | At 0830 hrs 5/7 Gordons reverted under comd 153 Bde and began their operation to clear up sqs 8201 8202 8301 8302 8401 8402 of enemy. Tac Bde HQ moved up to area HELDEN 7903 to control the adv of 5/7 Gordons. One coy 5 BW were carried up in Kangaroos and relieved 5/7 Gordons in KESSEL 8200 by 0900 hrs. At 0915 hrs 5/7 Gordons reported that they were held up by mines in the area 810023. By 1300 hrs 5/7 Gordons had cleared the wooded area 834025 against some small arms opposition from the North. This fire was pinning down coys which had attempted to adv over this open ground towards HOUT 8402 and the NE and further adv was postponed until dark. 5 BW was in occupation of all 5/7 Gordons old posns in the KESSEL BROCK KESSELEIK areas. At 1400 hrs Bde HQ moved to 798030 as HELDEN was being heavily shelled. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.
Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. Locations are calculated, so might not be in the correct place. For historical research, always check the originals.
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